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Texans make a big deal about their size. "Everything is bigger in Texas," they say with pride. Well, I beg to differ. Deep in the heart of Texas, they're really small. At least their breakfast of choice is. In sunny Southern California, we love our breakfast burritos. A half-pound of eggs, hash browns, ham and cheese topped off with beans, salsa and anything else you can cram into a hubcap-size flour tortilla. A 1,000-calorie wake-up call to help us start our day. That's not the case in parts of the Lone Star State, especially Austin, where the favorite eye-opening morning meal is a breakfast taco, a petite corn tortilla or two containing a few tablespoons of filling....

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